Racist attack

On
Saturday July 192008,
following an incident at Summercase in Barcelona, Bloc Party frontman
Kele Okereke claimed that he was
verbally insulted by Sex Pistols
frontman John Lydon and physically
attacked by his "entourage". Okereke said that he was "set
upon" by three members of Lydon's crew after praising Lydon's
musical past and inquiring on the future of Lydon's group Public Image Ltd.. One of Lydon's friends
then told Okereke: "Your problem is your black attitude", and Lydon
and members of his security detail attacked Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs and Yannis Philippakis of Foals when they attempted to aid Okereke.
Philippakis informed the crowd at Latitude Festival the next day that the
incident was so bad that he had been handcuffed and nearly didn't
make it. Whilst the incident was witnessed by more than 50 people,
including members of Mystery Jets,
Kaiser Chiefs, Foals, Mogwai and The Raveonettes, Okereke's version of the
events are disputed by Lydon. However Neon
Neon and Super Furry Animals
frontman Gruff Rhys, who also witnessed
the incident, backed Okereke, describing it as "horrific". Rhys
stated Kele was "a very brave man" and told MTV News that "the
statements Kele has said are absolutely true. What he said is
exactly what happened."

Summercase 2009/2010

In April 2009, it was confirmed on the official website by festival
organisers Sinnamon that the next edition of Summercase has been
postponed until 2010, due to the current global financial crisis
(of 2009). Sinnamon said that economic crisis simply means that
they are unable to guarantee the quality of their events, and
therefore, their taking place - despite exhausting all options to
make the 2009 festival possible.